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"The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me..." — Paul Watson

The Brer Rabbit ploy has been quite effective for me. When a country is talking about prosecuting me, I demand to be charged and put on trial and offer to pay my own airfare. They know that I'm going to bring a lot of international media with me and put their whaling programme on trial, and they decide it's better to keep quiet and do nothing.
Paul Watson
Paul Watson Environmentalist • Canadian
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